to fog
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5.2
- verb
- /fɔg/
:
empañar
- Her eyes glisten, and her breath fogs the glass.
- fog a mirror
- fog the window
- fog the windscreen
So they I used to fog it behind my friend car.
- So they I used to fog it behind my friend car.
Examples
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His breath instantly began to fog the glass.
Fiction book (1997) -
The glass began to fog after I breathed on it.
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But I still say it's gonna fog up the whole night scene.
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But you fog things up.
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Everything fogs up just like that, and then, watch out.
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The heat from your hands may fog 4x5 film while you are loading or unloading.
Academic text (1993) -
A warm eye against a viewfinder or warm breath from exhaling can cause its surface to fog.
Academic text (2010) -
My eyes are burning from the chlorine, and the steam from my mother's bath fogs the mirror.
Fiction book (1993) -
As she spoke in the steam-filled room, the mirror started to fog up.
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The windows may fog when the weather turns humid.
Synonyms
86
7.0
Make something hard to see or understand
61
3.6
To make something hard to see or understand
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4.4
To make something less clear or bright by covering it
8
5.4
Hide something so you cannot see it or remember it
5
2.8
Get covered with small drops of water that make glass or mirrors hard to see through
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3.1
To become covered with fine drops that make something less clear
1
8.2
To cover something completely so you cannot see or understand it
1
6.1
To make an outline, sound, or feeling less clear
1
8.9
To make something less clear and hard to see, often by smoke, fog or strong feelings
To make something hard to see or understand
Make the view hard to see because of fog or smoke
Make something unclear or hard to understand
To make something, like light and memory, less bright or clear
Become covered with a thin layer of water that makes glass or mirrors hard to see through
Look less clear as if covered by a thin mist
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
5
2.8
Get covered with small drops of water that make glass or mirrors hard to see through
Compounds
How Obscure
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fog as a verb comes from the same cloud image, meaning to cover or cloud something so it is hard to see or understand. So to fog a window or a memory is to make it unclear or confusing.